Improvement in condensers for stills



c. E. WERNER.

Alcohol Still.

N0. 10,305. Pate'nted Den. 6, 1ss3.

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TA-TES v 'A'IEN'I FFICE,

IMPROVEMENT INCONDENSERS FOR STILLS.

Speeification forming part of Letters Patent-N0. 10.305. datcd December 6,

T0 all w7wm it mag concern:

Be it known that I, OARL E. WERNER, 0f Neweastle, Logan county, Illinois, have inventecl 11ew and useful Improvennents in Apparatus f0r Distillation; ancl I cl0 hereby declare the following t0 beafull, elear, and exaet description of the natnre, eonstrnetion, and operation 0f the same, referenee being had t0 the annexed drawing, making part of this specifieation, in WhlCh my apparatus isrepresented in section.

My improvement c onsists in an improvecl apparatns f0r condensationwhereby I am able, With faeility, 130 eliminate spirit of any determinate strength. Y

My apparatus eonsists 0f a encurbit 0f a cylinclrieal form surrounded by a steann-j acket whieh imparts the required degree of heat without the aclmission of steann into the beer. 'Ihis cnenrbit is divided by diaphragms into four chambers, A B O D, 0f equal height. The beer is pumped up by the pump E fr0m the beer-back F, and is passecl throngh the the pipelin the bottolnof the lower charnber, A. Communication for the vapor evolved is afforded from each 'of these ehambers into the ene above it by a tnbe, a, and the passing vapor enters the eharnber above, near the bottom, so that it shall diffuse itself through the liquid therein. Ihe temperature 0f each ehamber is held. as nearly as possible at a determinate point alo0ut as follows: A, 223 Fahrenheit; B, 200 Fahrenheit; O, 189 Fahrenheit; D, 174 Fahrenheit. Ehe alcoholie vapor passes fron1 the head 0f the uppe1* ehamloer into the neek L, and thenee is discharged from the mouth 0f the same, whieh is submergecl in the 10W beer 0r singles which have colleeted in the rectifiers J. 'Ihe 10W beer is discharged from the reetifier as it aecumnlates through the pipe K back again into the eucurbit. The pipe L serves to empty the rectifier when necessary. From the reetifier the vapor, which has sufficient volatility,

and being se(znred 'to eaeh head, Serve t0' strengthen it against the hydrostatic pressure 0f the water, and at the saxne time afford additional condensing-snrface. Fr0n1 this non- (len5er the vapor passes into another, Q, plaeed above, 0f a similar form and eonstrnction, With the exeeption of the inner wat-ercy1inder, Q, being traversed by a large number of tubes, P l, through whieh the vapor passesand whieh af forda greater eondensing- Surfaee and still more thorongh eondensation. The'se cylindrieal ehambers are prolonged above the heads, so a s t0 forn1 troughs R R, which are filled With waterthe lower one, R, by the pipe S, whieh is su13plied immediately fron1 the pipe O or from the inner water-eylinder, N, this pipe S bein g prolonged npward, and passes into and fills the eylinder Q. From thenee a pipe, S, pass'es ont, and, being eurved upwarnlly, snpplies the trough 0n the head 0f the upper eondenser. The tank supplying these .pipes and chambers is located at a sufficient height to supply all these points 0n the eonnection being made. The vapor in the npper conclenser, after passing through the tubes, is deflected by a circular platte, h, toward theperiphery 0f the cylinder, and thus cansecl t0 impinge up0n the roof, Whi0h, as has been said, is in c0ntact with water. The vapor then passes 0ff into a neck, T, whieh eonclnets it t0 the beerheater G, and thenee to a wenn in a refrigerator, W, fron1 whenee it is diseharged into any suitable vessel-say Xancl the alcohol is 0'b tained ab one operation at a strength of ninetytwo per cent. over proof.

The stearn is admitted into the jaeket .by the pipe c. The faucet d is f0r returning the water 0f conclensation t0 the boiler. e e e e are gage-tubes f0r indieating the height 0f the beer in the respective chambers. f is a worm connmunicating with the lower ehannber for testing, as occas1on may require, the strength 0f the vapor therein contained. gis a pipe for the introduction 0f steam into 1:he beer in ehe lower chamber shou1d it beeome nee essary under any circumstanees.

The continuous systen1 of distillation has the advantages of avoiding Ehe loss of heao by the cooling of he apparatus, the 10ss of time in charging, the 10ss of Birne, heat, and aleo- 1101 in running the still to waste until the air is expelled from the ehambers; further, as 110 air is admitted in contact winh the beer, il: is 1ess 1iable to turn sour, 131'1e beer of maize be ing extremely sensitive.

Having thus fu1ly descr1bed. my improved apparatus for distillation, what1 claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

low, the whole being situated above and discharging the condensed fluid back into the recbifier.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my band before owo subscribing wibnesses.

C ERNST WERNER.

\Vitnessesz 7 E. H. PUGH, EDWARD A. KNIGHT. 

